BEAM ME UP SCOTTY! Transporter in Space? For REAL!

posted by Scotty Mac -

Jul 13, 2017

Chinese scientists have teleported an object from Earth to a satellite orbiting 300 miles away in space, in a demonstration that has echoes of science fiction.

The feat sets a new record for quantum teleportation, an eerie phenomenon in which the complete properties of one particle are instantaneously transferred to another – in effect teleporting it to a distant location.